Simon I. (Saarbrücken)

Simon I of Saarbrücken († after 1183 ) was count of Saarbrücken from 1135–1183.

Life

Simon was a son of Count Friedrich von Saarbrücken and his wife Gisela. After the death of his father he succeeded as Count of Saarbrücken , his younger brother Adalbert became Archbishop of Mainz in 1138 . After Simon's death, his property was divided. The eldest son Simon received the county of Saarbrücken, the younger son Heinrich founded the county of Zweibrücken . In 1168 Friedrich Barbarossa destroyed Saarbrücken Castle and three other Saarbrücken castles.

family

Simon was married to Mechtild von Sponheim . Her descendants were:

• Simon II. , Count of Saarbrücken († after 1207) ∞ (before 1180) Liutgard von Leiningen († after 1239) daughter of Emich III. , Count of Leiningen
• Heinrich I , Count of Zweibrücken († 1228) ∞ Hedwig of Lothringen († after 1228), daughter of Duke Friedrich I of Lothringen
• Friedrich († before 1187)
• Gottfried, canon in Mainz
• Adalbert († after 1210), archdeacon in Mainz
• Jutta († before 1223) ∞ Folmar, Count of Blieskastel
• Sophie († after 1215) ∞ Heinrich III. , Duke of Limburg (around 1140; † 1221)
• Agnes († before 1180) ∞ Günther III., Count of Schwarzburg († after 1197)

literature

• Kurt Hoppstädter : The county of Saarbrücken . In: Kurt Hoppstädter, Hans-Walter Herrmann : Geschichtliche Landeskunde des Saarlandes , Volume 2, Saarbrücken 1977, pp. 279–315 with family tables and maps. ISBN 3-921870-00-3 .

Web links

• Counts of Saarbrücken at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich	Count of Saarbrücken 1135–1183	Simon II